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- solid (adj.) late 14c., "not empty or hollow, hardened;" of figures or bodies, "having three dimensions," from Old French solide "firm, dense, compact," from Latin solidus "firm, whole, undivided, entire," figuratively "sound, trustworthy, genuine," from suffixed form of PIE root *sol- "whole."
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Feb 2, 2011 · The solidus ( ⁄ ) is a punctuation mark used to indicate fractions including fractional currency. It may also be called a shilling mark, an in-line fraction bar, or a fraction slash. (...)
Mar 5, 2023 · solid (adj.) late 14c., "not empty or hollow, hardened;" of figures or bodies, "having three dimensions," from Old French solide "firm, dense, compact," from Latin solidus "firm, whole, undivided, entire," figuratively "sound, trustworthy, genuine," from suffixed form of PIE root *sol- "whole." The meaning "firm, hard, compact" is from 1530s.
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Etymology
From Middle English solidus, from classical Latin solidus (“solid”), see below. In numismatic and weight senses, via medieval Latin solidus (“various coins”), from Late Latin solidus (“a gold coin of the Roman Empire”). In chemical sense, via German Solidus, coined by H.W.B. Roozeboom in his 1899 Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Stöchiometrie, und Verwandtschaftslehre(XXX, page 387). In typography, from the shilling mark originally being an abbreviation (a long s ⟨ſ⟩), of Medieval Latin...
Pronunciation
1. (General American) enPR: sŏl'ĭdəs, IPA(key): /ˈsɑlɪdəs/ 2. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒlɪdəs/
Noun
solidus (plural solidi or soliduses) 1. (historical) Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account, particularly: 1.1. A Roman ~23k gold coin introduced by Diocletian in AD301 and called by that name, but reissued at a slightly lower weight by Constantine I. 1.2. Its successor Byzantine coins, from the eleventh century onward of progressively debased weight and purity. 1.3. (obsolete) Synonym of sol or sou: a Carolingian unit of account equivalent to a solidus of silver. 1.4. (o...
Alternative forms
1. soldus
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *soliðos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s (“entire”), suffixed form of root *solh₂- (“integrate, whole”).
Pronunciation
1. (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈso.li.dus/, [ˈs̠ɔlʲɪd̪ʊs̠] 2. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.li.dus/, [ˈsɔːlid̪us]
Etymology
From Latin solidus.
Noun
solidus m (definite singular solidusen, indefinite plural solidi, definite plural solidiene) 1. (historical, numismatics) a solidus
Etymology
Borrowed from French solidus.
Noun
solidus n (uncountable) 1. (physics) solidus
SOLIDUS definition: 1. a gold coin from the ancient Roman empire: 2. the symbol / used in writing to separate numbers…. Learn more.
The earliest known use of the noun solidus is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for solidus is from before 1387, in a translation by John Trevisa, translator. solidus is a borrowing from Latin.
solidus meaning: 1. a gold coin from the ancient Roman empire: 2. the symbol / used in writing to separate numbers…. Learn more.
Mar 5, 2023 · solid. (adj.) late 14c., "not empty or hollow, hardened;" of figures or bodies, "having three dimensions," from Old French solide "firm, dense, compact," from Latin solidus "firm, whole, undivided, entire," figuratively "sound, trustworthy, genuine," from suffixed form of PIE root *sol- "whole." The meaning "firm, hard, compact" is from 1530s.
